For Easter on Fifth Avenue, faith is optional

Brooklyn artists exchange arts education for church studio space

Local bands join forces with parish school to celebrate the arts.

Roller-skating rink celebrates 60 years of keeping kids fit

Hotdogs and Homework program reaches out to Harlem teens

Hotdogs and Homework, a tutoring program at The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints in Harlem, offers teens tutors and homework-friendly environment.

Brush with Kindness offers new paint, new hope

Volunteers from Habitat for Humanity’s Brush with Kindness program spruce up New York City Housing Authority facilities long overdue for maintenance work.

Broadway shows expand audiences via social media

Broadway shows “The Book of Mormon” and “Chicago” use social media to appeal to theater lovers and broaden their audience.

Jewish book sale bridges generational gap

Cuban music alive in Midtown

Yuka Seka play traditional Cuban music at the Habana Room in midtown.

NYC Cold: Bad weather means bad business for food vendors

“When it’s cold and snowing, nobody comes to Central Park,” a food vendor said

NYC Cold: Parents struggle with strollers in the snow

Pushing bundled up babies through snow, slush and ice is not easy.